De Soto Parish

administration
The DeSoto Parish Courthouse in Mansfield, listed on NRHP No. 86003677
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Mansfield
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 898 Mansfield, LA 71052-0898
Foundation :	1843
Made up from:	Caddo Parish Natchitoches Parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	26,656 (2010)
Population density :	11.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2317 km²
Water surface :	45 km²
map

The De Soto Parish ( French : Paroisse De Soto ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 26,656 residents and a population density of 11.7 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Mansfield .

De Soto Parish is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City on the Red River .

geography

The Parish is located in northwest Louisiana, borders Texas in the west , is about 80 km from Arkansas in the north and has an area of 2317 square kilometers, of which 45 square kilometers are water. It borders the following parishes and counties:

	Caddo Parish
Panola County, Texas		Red River Parish
Shelby County, Texas	Sabine Parish	Natchitoches Parish

Running waters in the Parish

history

Hernando de Soto

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	8023	-
1860	13.208	64.6%
1870	14,962	13.3%
1880	15,603	4.3%
1890	19,860	27.3%
1900	25,063	26.2%
1910	27,689	10.5%
1920	29,376	6.1%
1930	31,016	5.6%
1940	31,803	2.5%
1950	24,398	-23.3%
1960	24,248	-0.6%
1970	22,764	-6.1%
1980	25,727	13%
1990	25,346	-1.5%
2000	25,494	0.6%
2010	26,656	4.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

De Soto Parish was formed in 1843 from parts of the Caddo Parish and the Natchitoches Parish. It was named after Hernando de Soto (around 1500–1542), the leader of the first whites on the Mississippi .

30 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 23, 2017).

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , De Soto Parish had 25,494 people in 9,691 households and 6,967 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 55.97 percent white, 42.16 percent African American, 0.51 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.05 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.54 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.55 percent of the population.

Of the 9,691 households, 33.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 48.7 percent were married couples living together, 18.6 percent were single mothers, 28.1 percent were non-families, 25.4 percent were single households and 11.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.11.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 28.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 90.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 87.0 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 28,252 , and the median income for a family was $ 33,196. Males had a median income of $ 30,780 versus $ 20,182 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,606. 21.0 percent of families and 25.1 percent of the population are below the poverty line. 33.8 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 24.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.